diff --git a/slurm.spec b/slurm.spec
index 58da823..a7c0642 100644
--- a/slurm.spec
+++ b/slurm.spec
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 # slurm-torque
 
 Name:           slurm
-Version:        17.02.7
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Version:        17.02.8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management
 License:        GPLv2 and BSD
 URL:            https://slurm.schedmd.com/
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@ Source3:        slurm-sview.desktop
 Source4:        slurm-128x128.png
 Source5:        slurm_setuser.in
 
-# upstream bugs #4094, #4095, #4101, #4113
-Patch0:         slurm_opts_restrict.patch
-Patch1:         slurm_salloc_setgroups.patch
-Patch2:         slurm_format_truncation.patch
+# upstream bug #3942
+Patch0:         slurm_ac_header_major.patch
 
 # build-related patches
-Patch3:         slurm_perlapi_rpaths.patch
-Patch4:         slurm_html_doc_path.patch
-Patch5:         slurm_doc_fix.patch
+Patch1:         slurm_perlapi_rpaths.patch
+Patch2:         slurm_html_doc_path.patch
+Patch3:         slurm_doc_fix.patch
 
 # Fedora-related patches
-Patch6:         slurm_service_files.patch
+Patch4:         slurm_service_files.patch
 
+BuildRequires:  autoconf
+BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  hdf5-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(hwloc)
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@ Torque wrapper scripts used for helping migrate from Torque/PBS to Slurm.
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
-%patch5 -p1
-%patch6 -p1
 cp %SOURCE1 etc/slurm.conf
 cp %SOURCE1 etc/slurm.conf.example
 cp %SOURCE2 etc/slurmdbd.conf
@@ -233,6 +231,9 @@ mkdir -p extras
 cp %SOURCE5 extras/slurm_setuser.in
 
 %build
+%{__aclocal} -I auxdir
+%{__autoconf}
+%{__automake} --no-force
 # upstream bug #2443.  need to force lazy linkage since plugins contain
 # undefined symbols not used in every context, i.e. slurmctld vs slurmd.
 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wl,-z,lazy"
@@ -266,11 +267,11 @@ s|^dir_tmpfiles_d=.*|dir_tmpfiles_d="%{_tmpfilesdir}"|g;' \
     extras/slurm_setuser.in > extras/slurm_setuser
 
 # build base packages
-%make_build V=0
+%make_build V=1
 
 # build contribs packages
 # INSTALLDIRS=vendor so perlapi goes to vendor_perl directory
-PERL_MM_PARAMS="INSTALLDIRS=vendor" %make_build contrib V=0
+PERL_MM_PARAMS="INSTALLDIRS=vendor" %make_build contrib V=1
 
 %check
 %{__make} check
@@ -749,6 +750,9 @@ fi
 %systemd_postun_with_restart slurmdbd.service
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 25 2017 Philip Kovacs <pkdevel@yahoo.com> - 17.02.8-1
+- Version bump, patches adjusted.
+
 * Thu Oct 5 2017 Philip Kovacs <pkdevel@yahoo.com> - 17.02.7-4
 - Patch changes per resolution of upstream bug #4101:
 - salloc/sbatch/srun: must be root to use --uid/--gid options.
diff --git a/slurm_ac_header_major.patch b/slurm_ac_header_major.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9050f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slurm_ac_header_major.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- slurm-17.02.8/configure.ac.old	2017-10-25 14:35:36.325236357 -0400
++++ slurm-17.02.8/configure.ac	2017-10-25 15:24:41.023876115 -0400
+@@ -124,7 +124,13 @@
+ AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
+ AC_HEADER_TIME
+ AC_HEADER_STDC
++
++dnl Workaround for transition of autoconf/glibc issues in deprecation of the
++dnl definitions major, minor, makedev by sys/types.h vs sys/sysmacros.h
++old_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
++CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror"
+ AC_HEADER_MAJOR
++CFLAGS=$old_CFLAGS
+ 
+ dnl Checks for structures.
+ dnl
diff --git a/slurm_doc_fix.patch b/slurm_doc_fix.patch
index 8cd7936..41c2754 100644
--- a/slurm_doc_fix.patch
+++ b/slurm_doc_fix.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- slurm-17.02.6/doc/man/man5/burst_buffer.conf.5.orig	2017-08-15 23:22:24.333180212 -0400
-+++ slurm-17.02.6/doc/man/man5/burst_buffer.conf.5	2017-08-15 23:23:45.224298397 -0400
+--- slurm-17.02.8/doc/man/man5/burst_buffer.conf.5.old	2017-08-15 23:22:24.333180212 -0400
++++ slurm-17.02.8/doc/man/man5/burst_buffer.conf.5	2017-08-15 23:23:45.224298397 -0400
 @@ -31,18 +31,18 @@
  \fBAllowUsers\fR
  Comma separated list of user names and/or IDs permitted to use burst buffers.
diff --git a/slurm_format_truncation.patch b/slurm_format_truncation.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8107e97..0000000
--- a/slurm_format_truncation.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
---- slurm-17.02.7/src/plugins/node_features/knl_generic/node_features_knl_generic.c	2017-08-15 14:37:07.000000000 -0400
-+++ slurm-17.02.7/src/plugins/node_features/knl_generic/node_features_knl_generic.c.new	2017-08-21 01:35:38.352301060 -0400
-@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@
- // insmod /home/tim/kmod/xppsl-addons/zonesort_module.ko
- 		struct stat sb;
- 		int buf_len, fd, i, len;
--		char buf[8];
-+		char buf[16];
- 
- 		if (stat(ZONE_SORT_PATH, &sb) == -1)
- 			(void) system(MODPROBE_PATH " zonesort_module");
---- slurm-17.02.7/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_core.c	2017-07-21 11:17:53.000000000 -0400
-+++ slurm-17.02.7/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_core.c.new	2017-08-21 01:39:35.896506235 -0400
-@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@
-  */
- extern const char *bg_err_str(int inx)
- {
--	static char tmp_char[10];
-+	static char tmp_char[32];
- 
- 	switch (inx) {
- 	case SLURM_SUCCESS:
---- slurm-17.02.7/src/plugins/task/affinity/cpuset.c	2017-07-21 11:17:53.000000000 -0400
-+++ slurm-17.02.7/src/plugins/task/affinity/cpuset.c.new	2017-08-21 01:42:53.872712983 -0400
-@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
- int	slurm_set_memset(char *path, nodemask_t *new_mask)
- {
- 	char file_path[PATH_MAX];
--	char mstr[1 + CPU_SETSIZE * 4], tmp[10];
-+	char mstr[1 + CPU_SETSIZE * 4], tmp[16];
- 	int fd, i, max_node;
- 	ssize_t rc;
-
---- slurm-17.02.7/src/slurmd/slurmd/read_proc.c	2017-07-21 11:17:53.000000000 -0400
-+++ slurm-17.02.7/src/slurmd/slurmd/read_proc.c.new	2017-08-26 00:27:38.036289952 -0400
-@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
- 	DIR *proc_fs;
- 	struct dirent *proc_ent;
- 	int proc_fd, proc_stat_size, found, n;
--	char proc_name[22], *proc_stat;
-+	char proc_name[272], *proc_stat;
- 	struct stat buffer;
- 	int uid, session;
- 	long resident_set_size;
diff --git a/slurm_html_doc_path.patch b/slurm_html_doc_path.patch
index 263439a..fc147f9 100644
--- a/slurm_html_doc_path.patch
+++ b/slurm_html_doc_path.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
---- slurm-17.02.7/doc/html/Makefile.in	2017-08-14 13:48:43.000000000 -0400
-+++ slurm-17.02.7/doc/html/Makefile.in.new	2017-08-24 07:58:01.242452059 -0400
-@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
- host_cpu = @host_cpu@
- host_os = @host_os@
- host_vendor = @host_vendor@
+--- slurm-17.02.8/doc/html/Makefile.am.old	2017-10-25 15:55:38.622808585 -0400
++++ slurm-17.02.8/doc/html/Makefile.am	2017-10-25 15:56:07.236582868 -0400
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ 
 -htmldir = ${datadir}/doc/${PACKAGE}-${SLURM_VERSION_STRING}/html
 +htmldir = ${datadir}/doc/${PACKAGE}/html
- includedir = @includedir@
- infodir = @infodir@
- install_sh = @install_sh@
+ 
+ generated_html = \
+ 	accounting.html \
diff --git a/slurm_opts_restrict.patch b/slurm_opts_restrict.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ddf6bed..0000000
--- a/slurm_opts_restrict.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
---- slurm-17.02.7/src/salloc/opt.c.old	2017-10-05 13:33:36.300529834 -0400
-+++ slurm-17.02.7/src/salloc/opt.c	2017-10-05 13:37:02.093162798 -0400
-@@ -1054,6 +1054,10 @@
- 			}
- 			break;
- 		case LONG_OPT_UID:
-+			if (getuid() != 0) {
-+ 				error("--uid only permitted by root user");
-+				exit(error_exit);
-+ 			}
- 			if (opt.euid != (uid_t) -1) {
- 				error("duplicate --uid option");
- 				exit(error_exit);
-@@ -1064,6 +1068,10 @@
- 			}
- 			break;
- 		case LONG_OPT_GID:
-+			if (getuid() != 0) {
-+ 				error("--gid only permitted by root user");
-+				exit(error_exit);
-+ 			}
- 			if (opt.egid != (gid_t) -1) {
- 				error("duplicate --gid option");
- 				exit(error_exit);
---- slurm-17.02.7/src/sbatch/opt.c.old	2017-10-05 13:39:04.067419821 -0400
-+++ slurm-17.02.7/src/sbatch/opt.c	2017-10-05 13:41:20.388042002 -0400
-@@ -1621,6 +1621,10 @@
- 			opt.jobid_set = true;
- 			break;
- 		case LONG_OPT_UID:
-+			if (getuid() != 0) {
-+				error("--uid only permitted by root user");
-+				exit(error_exit);
-+			}
- 			if (opt.euid != (uid_t) -1) {
- 				error("duplicate --uid option");
- 				exit(error_exit);
-@@ -1631,6 +1635,10 @@
- 			}
- 			break;
- 		case LONG_OPT_GID:
-+			if (getuid() != 0) {
-+				error("--gid only permitted by root user");
-+				exit(error_exit);
-+			}
- 			if (opt.egid != (gid_t) -1) {
- 				error("duplicate --gid option");
- 				exit(error_exit);
---- slurm-17.02.7/src/srun/libsrun/opt.c.old	2017-10-05 13:42:57.195643601 -0400
-+++ slurm-17.02.7/src/srun/libsrun/opt.c	2017-10-05 13:44:34.753262251 -0400
-@@ -1450,6 +1450,10 @@
- 				_get_int(optarg, "max-exit-timeout", true);
- 			break;
- 		case LONG_OPT_UID:
-+			if (getuid() != 0) {
-+				error("--uid only permitted by root user");
-+				exit(error_exit);
-+			}
- 			if (opt.euid != (uid_t) -1) {
- 				error("duplicate --uid option");
- 				exit(error_exit);
-@@ -1460,6 +1464,10 @@
- 			}
- 			break;
- 		case LONG_OPT_GID:
-+			if (getuid() != 0) {
-+				error("--gid only permitted by root user");
-+				exit(error_exit);
-+			}
- 			if (opt.egid != (gid_t) -1) {
- 				error("duplicate --gid option");
- 				exit(error_exit);
diff --git a/slurm_perlapi_rpaths.patch b/slurm_perlapi_rpaths.patch
index 66b5afe..b8c9f4e 100644
--- a/slurm_perlapi_rpaths.patch
+++ b/slurm_perlapi_rpaths.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
---- slurm-17.02.7/contribs/perlapi/libslurm/perl/Makefile.PL.in.orig	2016-11-08 15:11:32.000000000 -0500
-+++ slurm-17.02.7/contribs/perlapi/libslurm/perl/Makefile.PL.in	2017-08-17 03:06:27.363688978 -0400
+--- slurm-17.02.8/contribs/perlapi/libslurm/perl/Makefile.PL.in.old	2016-11-08 15:11:32.000000000 -0500
++++ slurm-17.02.8/contribs/perlapi/libslurm/perl/Makefile.PL.in	2017-08-17 03:06:27.363688978 -0400
 @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
  # AIX has problems with not always having the correct
  # flags so we have to add some :)
  my $os = lc(`uname`);
 -my $other_ld_flags = "-Wl,-rpath,@top_builddir@/src/api/.libs -Wl,-rpath,@prefix@/lib";
-+my $other_ld_flags = " ";
++my $other_ld_flags = "";
  $other_ld_flags = " -brtl -G -bnoentry -bgcbypass:1000 -bexpfull"
  	if $os =~ "aix";
  
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  # flags so we have to add some :)
  my $os = lc(`uname`);
 -my $other_ld_flags = "-Wl,-rpath,@top_builddir@/src/db_api/.libs -Wl,-rpath,@prefix@/lib";
-+my $other_ld_flags = " ";
++my $other_ld_flags = "";
  $other_ld_flags = " -brtl -G -bnoentry -bgcbypass:1000 -bexpfull"
  	if $os =~ "aix";
  
diff --git a/slurm_salloc_setgroups.patch b/slurm_salloc_setgroups.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index efb9260..0000000
--- a/slurm_salloc_setgroups.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
---- slurm-17.02.7/src/salloc/salloc.c.old	2017-10-05 13:25:52.403682572 -0400
-+++ slurm-17.02.7/src/salloc/salloc.c	2017-10-05 13:29:52.913975815 -0400
-@@ -333,8 +333,13 @@
- 		sleep (++retries);
- 	}
- 
--	/* become the user after the allocation has been requested. */
--	if (opt.uid != (uid_t) -1) {
-+	/* If the requested uid is different than ours, become that uid */
-+	if ((getuid() != opt.uid) && (opt.uid != (uid_t) -1)) {
-+		/* drop extended groups before changing uid/gid */
-+		if ((setgroups(0, NULL) < 0)) {
-+			error("setgroups: %m");
-+			exit(error_exit);
-+		}
- 		if (setuid(opt.uid) < 0) {
- 			error("setuid: %m");
- 			exit(error_exit);
diff --git a/slurm_service_files.patch b/slurm_service_files.patch
index 988262d..9f1c38a 100644
--- a/slurm_service_files.patch
+++ b/slurm_service_files.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- slurm-17.02.7/etc/slurmctld.service.in	2017-08-14 13:48:43.000000000 -0400
-+++ slurm-17.02.7/etc/slurmctld.service.in.new	2017-08-21 13:35:26.472209176 -0400
+--- slurm-17.02.8/etc/slurmctld.service.in.old	2017-08-14 13:48:43.000000000 -0400
++++ slurm-17.02.8/etc/slurmctld.service.in	2017-08-21 13:35:26.472209176 -0400
 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/slurmctld
  ExecStart=@sbindir@/slurmctld $SLURMCTLD_OPTIONS
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8bfd228..67bea59 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (slurm-17.02.7.tar.bz2) = 363ba06b7f2f8a1203396395a3d88b580ba76192bd050c94dbde5c0729fd20a8304f1a0842362588e6e1eed1527f8be47f17dfb0731fbc867d2a253112b147d5
+SHA512 (slurm-17.02.8.tar.bz2) = a3a7633a5a0457299434fee00487a16edc5333360cf4d39f709b13b050d3496670da85340a0b19485016def946f44b723ecc23c1668704b8d10ef0fe697b0e13